Building winning trading systems with TradeStation / / George Pruitt and John R. Hill

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809150003321
• Autore: Pruitt George <1967->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2012
• ISBN: 1-119-20495-X; 1-283-52964-5; 9786613842091; 1-118-22643-7
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Collana: Wiley trading series
• Altri autori (Persone): HillJohn R. <1926->
• Disciplina: 332.64/2028553
• Soggetti: Investments - Data processing; Stocks - Data processing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Building Winning Trading Systems with TradeStation; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Fundamentals-What Is EasyLanguage?; VARIABLES AND DATA TYPES; OPERATORS AND EXPRESSIONS; Precedence of Operators; TRADESTATION 2000I VS TRADESTATION 9.0; TradeStation 2000i; TradeStation 9.0; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 2 EasyLanguage Program Structure; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM HEADER; CALCULATION MODULE: MYRSISYSTEM; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 3 Program Control Structures; CONDITIONAL BRANCHING WITH IF-THEN; CONDITIONAL BRANCHING WITH IF-THEN-ELSE; REPETITIVE CONTROL STRUCTURES; ForLoop; WhileLoopCONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 4 TradeStation Analysis Techniques; INDICATORS; PAINTBAR AND SHOWME STUDIES; FUNCTIONS; STRATEGIES; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 5 Measuring Trading System Performance and System Optimization; TRADESTATION'S SUMMARY REPORT; Total Net Profit; Maximum Intraday Draw Down; Account Size Required and Return on Account; Average Trade; Maximum Consecutive Winners and Losers; Number of Trades and Average Number of Bars per Trade; Average Winning and ; Losing Trade; Sharpe Ratio; Rina Index; Buy-and-Hold Return; Trades; TRADE ANALYSIS; 1 Std. Deviation of Avg. Trade; Number of OutliersAvg. Efficiency; Total; Entry/Exit; Graphs; OPTIMIZATION OLD SCHOOL STYLE; Using Excel Versions Prior to 2010; Using Excel 2010; Genetic Optimization; Walk-Forward Testing and Optimizer; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 6 Trading Strategies That Work (or the Big Damn Chapter on Trading Strategies); THE KING KELTNER TRADING STRATEGY; King Keltner Pseudocode; King Keltner Program; King Keltner Summary; THE BOLLINGER BANDIT TRADING STRATEGY; Bollinger Bandit Pseudocode; Bollinger Bandit Program; Bollinger Bandit Summary; THE THERMOSTAT TRADING STRATEGY; Thermostat Pseudocode; Thermostat ProgramThermostat Summary; THE DYNAMIC BREAK OUT II STRATEGY; Dynamic Break Out II Pseudocode; Dynamic Break Out II Program; Dynamic Break Out II Summary; THE SUPER COMBO DAY TRADING STRATEGY; Super Combo Daily Data Bar Calculation Pseudocode; Super Combo Code; Super Combo Summary; THE GHOST TRADER TRADING STRATEGY; THE MONEY MANAGER TRADING STRATEGY; BONUS TRADING STRATEGIES; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 7 Debugging and Output; LOGICAL VERSUS SYNTAX ERRORS; DEBUGGING WITH THE PRINT STATEMENT AND THE PRINT LOG; DEBUGGING WITH THE BUILT-IN DEBUGGER; TABLE CREATOR; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 8 TradeStation as a Research ToolCOMMITMENT OF TRADERS REPORT; Day of Week Analysis; Day of Week Volatility Analysis; Time of Day Analysis; Pattern Recognition; Intermarket Analysis; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 9 Using TradeStation's Percent Change Charts to Track Relative Performance*; WORKING WITH PERCENT CHANGE CHARTS; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 10 Options: Introduction and Strategies; PART A: GETTING STARTED WITH OPTIONS TRADING; Options Basics; Listed Options; Options Strategies; PART B: REAL-LIFE OPTIONS STRATEGIES AND TRADES; Putting Theory to the Test; Basic Options Strategies; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 11 Interviews with Developers
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